mini composition notebook | tutorial

If you're here for the mini composition notebook tutorial from the Echo Park | The Twinery blog hop, welcome back! If you're a regular reader, I'm so glad you find the time to visit with me.

So, here's the notebook I originally made for the blog hop:

Let's get started making another cute one again using the Springtime collection. After gathering your supplies {notebook, adhesive, burnishing tool, scissors, The Twinery baker's twine, Echo Park papers and stickers, Crop-o-Dile and floral wire} it's time to get busy.

Trim the extra paper with either scissors or a craft knife - I prefer my Fiskars scissors.

Slather, Burnish and Trim the inside front, back and inside back covers as well.

Using your Crop-o-dile, punch a hole and add your eyelet to both the front and back covers.

Using this threading tip, thread a folded length of your baker's twine through the eyelet so that you end up with the folded over {looped} half being pulled through the hole. {see large photo} Repeat same procedure for the back cover.

Tie a not in your baker's twine {you will have 4 strands} to keep it from sliding back through the eyelet and tie it in a big, pretty bow. Add a die cut shape and some letters stickers and...

...voila! You are the proud owner of a super cute mini notebook that's perfect for teacher gifts, holiday treats for your child's classmates, a fun birthday party activity and even a fun little Girl's Night Out goody for your gal pals!

But, now for some fun stuff, how about another giveaway? The winner will receive everything in the photo below to include the mini composition notebook we just made together, papers to make your own mini notebook, a set of letter stickers, The Twinery baker's twine in Buttercream and Caribbean, punched cardstock shapes, journaling and border stickers, 2 envelopes and cards blanks as well as cardstock to create two notecards, similar to the one here.

To enter, just leave a comment sharing with me if you make more scrapbook layouts or altered craft projects. Be sure to leave your e-mail address if you don't have your e-mail linked in your profile so that you can be contacted if you're the winner. Comments will close and the winner will be announced on this blog post on Tuesday, August 23rd at 8pm EST. If the winner does not contact me, another winner will be chosen. Good Luck!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner is:

Marcia{123blog} please contact me so that I can have your goodies packaged and shipped to you soon!

That is such an amazing project! I create mostly scrapbook projects, but once in awhile, I do other cute crafty stuff, too. I'm gonna try my hand at this project for sure! Thanks for the chance to win!

I think I do about the same amount as I think when my house burns down everyone in my family will run for their albums and as the hybrids are mostly about me - I think I'll be runninf for them. In the end they are both important.

I typically make more layouts and cards but I'm starting to make mini-albums (thanks to reading your blog!). I'm definitely going to make one of these for my 10year old daughter, it'll make the perfect journal!

OHHH! What a gorgeous little notebook! LOVE the papers and the twine:) I made a mix of both projects! I am not sure if I'm good at either....LOL! Thanks for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

I definitely make more scrapbook LOs. Very few altered projects around here, although there have been some. Usually I figure if I am going to spend my limited crafting time, I want to have a LO in the album!